A MODERN SAMPSON.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1688, 19 January 1888, Page 4

A MODERN SAMPSON.

A native of Hesse-Haimstadtisnow exhibiting his extraordinary muscular powers under the assumed name of Sampson. Among his interesting feats are the followingHe takes an iron ring |in thick, which he slips over the upper part of his am after rubbing the latter with oil. He then distends the muscles of his arm, and the ring assumes an oval form, and is banded round among the spectators to convince them that “ there is no deception.” He next takes an iron chain, the links of which are fin in thickness, and after waving it two pr three times in the air, snaps it assuuder with a jerk. The pieces are shown round. He afterwards takes three chains), one in the left hand, the second over the heck, and the third round the right wrist. All three are secured to the floor. Suddenly, springirg up from a stooping position, he breaks all three of them amid the plaudits of the crowd. Two other instances of his Herculean strength may be of interest. Last year Herr Sampson entered a factory where a small engine was at work. He entered into a wager that he could stop it with his arms. Everybody laughed at him. However, he' made the attempt, and won his bet. Hot long ago he was taking several ladies home from a party, when they encountered a group of rowdies who made some offensive remarks. Sampson struck four of the fellows to the ground, and their yells attracted the police, who, taking him for the aggressor, proceeded to handcuff him, to which he quietly submitted. But no sooner had he been thus secured chan he snapped the chain aid put the policemen to flight after a fruitless endeavor to convince them of the real state of the case.—-Frankfurter Zeitung.